Garbage-receptacle.



L'E. FEHRENKAMP & L. A. SMALLHELD.

Patented Jan. 2, 1917.

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irnn s'ra'rns PATENT non JOHN EnwAnnFEnnENKAMr ANDLOUIS A. SMALLFIELD,or KANsAscITY, MISSOURI; SAID SMALLFIELDASSIGNOR T0 SAID FEHRENKAMP.

GARBAGE RECEPTACLE.

Patented Jan. 2, 1917.

Application filed July 12, 1915. Serial No. 39,242.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, JOHN EDWARD FEHRENKAMPand Lotus A. SMALLFIELD, citizens of the United States, residing atKansas City, in the county .of Jackson and State of Missouri, haveinvented a certain new and useful Improvement in Garbage- Receptacles,of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to improvements in garbage receptacles.

The object of our invention isto provide a garbage receptacle which issanitary, which can be readily filled and as easily emptied and restoredto its receiving position, and which may be reliably retained in thereceiving position by'the weight of the material contained therein.

Our invention further provides means for preventing any one but anauthorized person removing the contents from the receptacle.

Our invention provides still further novel means for covering, thereceptacle.

The novel features of our invention are hereinafter fully described andclaimed.

In the accompanying drawing which illustrates thepreferred embodiment ofour invention, Figure 1 i's'a front elevation of our improved garbagereceptacle shown attached to a fence, the container being shown in thereceiving position. Fig. 2 is a rear elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is acentral vertical sectional view, showing the container in the receivingposition, the cover being shown in solid lines in the closed position,and in dotted lines in the raised position. Fig. 4 is a central verticalsectional view, showing the container in the tilted discharge position.

Similar reference characters designate similar parts in the differentviews.

1 designates a supporting frame, preferably rectangular and adapted tobe secured to one side of a fence 2, which is provided with a hole 3which the frame encircles. In the drawing the frame 1 is shown securedto the inner side of the fence.

A garbage container 4, preferably of V shape is pivoted, adjacent towhere its front and rear converging sides intersect, by means of ahorizontal bar 5 which has its ends mounted in the frame 1. The sides ofthe container 4 at their upper edges are, preferably arcuate so as tofit in the arcuate under side of a cover 6, the forward edge of at itsrear side and ends adapted to embrace the container 4 when the cover isclosed and the container is in the receiving position, shown in solidlines in Fig. 3. The axis or bar 5 is disposed, preferably, forward ofthe center of gravity of the container 4, when the latter is in thereceiving position, whereby the weight of the contents of the containerwill tend to retain the latter in the upright position. When in thisposition the forward side of-the container will be substantiallyvertical, and the bar 5 will be adj acent to the plane of the. saidforward side.

The container 4 is adapted to be swung from the receiving position shownin Fig. 3 to the tilted position shown in Fig. 4, in which latterposition the forward side of the container-4 will incline forwardly anddownwardly, thereby permitting the con tents to be dumped automatically.For limiting. the downward movement of the container 4, it has securedto .its vertical sides respectively the arms ofa U-shaped stop member 8,the transverse portion of said member being provided with lateralextensions 9, Fig. 2, which are adapted to strike the rear side of theframe 1, when the container 4 is in the tilted position shown in Fig. 4.For limiting the upward and rearward movement of the container 4, it'has secured to its forward side, adjacent to the upper end thereof, atransverse handle 10, the ends of which extend beyond the container 4,as shown in Fig. 1,. and are adapted to strike the forward side of theframe 1. The handle 10 also serves as a means of grasping the containerfor the purpose of swinging it to and fro.

The frame 1 at the upper side of its opening is provided with atransverse forwardly extending guard 11, which extends beyond theforward side of the container 4, when the latter is in the receivingposition shown in Fig. 3. The guard serves to prevent water from rainsrunning into the container.

When garbage is to be dumped into the container, the cover 6 is swung tothe position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 3. The cover may then beswung to the closed position shown in solid lines in said figure, inwhich position it will be retainedby gravity.

The container, if desired, may be releasably locked in the receivingposition, shown in Fig. 8, so as to prevent unauthorized per sonsswinging the container to the tilted position, for the purpose ofmischievously dumping the garbage on the ground, or for the purpose oftaking the garbage away. In the drawing we have shown a lockingmechanism comprising a hasp 12 pivoted to the central portion of thehandle 10 and adapted to engage a horizontal plate 13 secured to theguard 11, the hasp having a transverse slot 14% for receiving saidplate,

the plate being provided with a hole 15 adapted to receive the hasp of apadlock 16, Figs. 1 and 3.

For limiting the downward swinging of the cover 6, opposite flanges 7may have respectively secured to them angle members 17 which are adaptedto strike the rear side of the frame 1, as shown in Figs. 2 and 4.

If desired the container 4, adjacent to its lower end, may be providedwith one or more openings 18, through which water held in the container4 may pass.

An authorized person having a key to the padlock 16 may remove saidpadlock and detach the hasp 12 from the plate 13, after which, bygrasping the handle 10, he may swing the container 4 outwardly to thetilted position shown in Fig. 4:, thereby discharging the contentstherefrom. He will then swing the container to the upright receivingposition shown in Fig. 3, rengage the hasp 12 with the plate 13 andreplace the padlock at the outer side of the hasp.

From the foregoing it will be understood that the garbage may bedeposited in the container and removed therefrom without the garbagecollector being required to come into the yard. The garbage will be keptfree from flies, and the container will, in the receiving position,close the hole 3 in the fence 2. p If the locking mechanism abovedescribed is not kept locked, the container 4 will, nevertheless, beheld by gravity in the receiving position.

We do not limit our invention to the structure shown and described, asmodifications, within the scope of the appended claims, may be madewithout departing from the spirit of our invention.

What we claim is y In a garbage receptacle, a frame adapted to besecured to one side of a fence and to encircle a hole provided thereforin the fence, and having at itsupper end a horizontal guard adapted toextend through the hole in the fence, a garbage container hinged to thelower portion of the frame and adapt ed to be swung from an uprightposition through said hole to an inclined discharge position, a coverhinged to the upper portion of the frame and adapted to cover thecontainer when the latter is in the upright position, and means forreleasably locking the container to said guard in the upright position,the guard extending beyond the forward side of the container, when thelatter is in the upright position.

In testimony whereof we have signed our names to this specification.

JOHN EDWARD FEHRENKAMP. LOUIS A. SMALLFIELD.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Batents, Washingtoml) G.

It is hereby certified that the name of the assignee in Letters PatentNo. 1,211,305, granted January 2, 1917, upon the application of JohnEdward Fehrenkamp and Louis A. Smallfield, of Kansas City, Missouri, foran improvement in Garbage-Receptacles, was erroneously given as JohnEdward Fehrenkamp, whereas said Louis A. Smallfield is owner of theentire right, title, and interest, as and that the said Letters shown bythe records of assignments in this ofiiee;

Patent should be read with this correction therein that the same mayconform to vthe record of the case in the Patent Oflice.

Signed and sealed this 6th day of March, A. D., 1917.

[SEAL-1 F. W. H. CLAY;

Acting Commissioner of Patents. C1. 220119.

